Endocrine Abstracts

Aims: Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is a marker which demonstrates 3-month average level of blood glucose level. In individuals with high blood sugar level for a long time is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). There is a need for simple and cost-effective markers to determine the risk of CVD in primary health care settings. In this study, we aimed to investigate the value of HbA1c for predicting cardiovascular risk in healthy non-diabetic individ...

Human chorionic gonadotropin bears structural homology to pituitary thyrotropin. The extremely elevated levels of human chorionic gonadotropin in patients with molar pregnancy or other trophoblastic diseases can lead to hyperthyroidism. We describe a patient with molar pregnancy who had secondary hyperthyroidism prepared rapidly by plasmapheresis for surgery. After first plasmapheresis the clinical picture improved dramatically. Three subsequent plasmapheresis provided a 75.1%...

A 76 year old man known to have coronary heart disease, hypertension and chronic kidney disease due to hypertensive nephropathy admitted to the nephrology clinic with fatigue, nausea and dizziness. His creatinine level was detected to be increased (from 1.5 to 2.5 mg/dl) and was he was hospitalized. The cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed after neurology consultation for dizziness showed a pituitary mass. When asked, the patient described bitemporal hemianopsia ...

Introduction: It is known that patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) have an increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. In our study, we aimed to investigate the cardiovascular risk factors in medically observed and operated PHPT patients.Materials and methods: Twenty-nine medically observed (group A), 25 pre-operative (group B) and 23 post-operative (group C) patients with PHPT and 26 normocalcemic patients as control group (group D) w...

Aim: Bisphenol A (BPA) is the most common endocrine disruptor among environmental estrogens. BPA is an ingredient that is commonly used in polycarbonate plastics. In this study, our main concern is to measure the levels of BPA in premenopausal obese women and to examine the relationship of BPA with adiponectin and leptin.Materials and methods: 47 obese women and 39 non-obese healthy women were enrolled in this study. All participants were premenopausal. ...

Introduction: Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A (MEN2A) is a complex autosomal dominant inherited syndrome characterized by medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), phaeochromocytoma, and primary parathyroid hyperplasia (PPH). In patients with only one or two clinical features, identification of a germline rearranged in transfection (RET) mutation or the identification of the clinical features of MEN2A in other first degree relatives is required to make the diagnosis. We present ...

Diabetes mellitus is a common and growing global health problem leading to several complications. Among these, periodontal diseases are considered as the sixth complication of diabetes. The goals of this cross-sectional study were to assess Turkish diabetic patients’ oral health behaviors and association with demographic characteristics, access to dental care and need for improved health education. The study sample consisted of 121 diabetic patients (43 M/78 F), with a me...

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder affecting approximately 4–8% of premenopausal women. The main clinical features are clinical and/or biochemical hyperandrogenemia, oligomenorrhea and polycystic ovarian changes. It has gained a great attention during the last two decades with the realization that this syndrome affects more than the reproductive system. Epilepsy is a common neurologic disorder affecting women during the reproductive years. Sei...

Aim: Hypercalcemia is particularly complicated with hyperparathroidism or malignancy such as myeloma. There were several cases report abouth primary hyperparathroidism coexistent with benign monoclonal gammopathy or multiple myeloma. We present clinical managament of a patient who have hypercalcemia caused by hyperparathyroidism and multiple myeloma.Case: Fifthy-two years old a women, she was complaint with weakness by anemia due to ferrum deficiency. Du...

IntroductionSteroid cell tumors (SCTs) are a rare subgroup of sex-cord tumors of the ovary that account for less than 0.1% of all ovarian tumors. They are classified into three categories based on the cell origin: stromal luteoma, Leydig-cell tumor, and not otherwise specified (NOS). NOS tumors are the most common subtype and comprise the largest proportion of cases (60%).The clinical presentations are not specific, including abdominal pain, distention a...